Deborah is a Commercial Lawyer and Arbitrator, licensed and practicing for 20 years in Nigeria as a dispute resolution specialist, a transactional lawyer, an Insolvency Practitioner, and an Arbitrator. Sheadvocates as Counsel for clients in commercial dispute resolution, before panels, arbitral tribunals, and superior courts of record. She is an experienced transactional lawyer in advising companies in Corporate Restructuring/Internal Arrangements, Capital Market and Securities, Real Estate and Construction Contracts, and also representing and advising clients in investing in and divesting from Investment transactions, and Insolvency. She also acts as Counsel in matrimonial disputes.
Deborah is an experienced Arbitration practitioner having acted as Advocate, Tribunal Secretary, Co-Arbitrator and Sole Arbitrator in domestic ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations. She is listed on the Panel of Neutrals of a few domestic arbitral institutions and regulatory bodies.
AFFILIATIONS:
– Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
– Associate Member, Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN)
– Firm Representative, International Chamber of Commerce
– Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR
– Accredited Insolvency Practitioner, Corporate Affairs Commission
– Member, Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA)
– Member, Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC)